Nevada Internet Service Providers: Availability & Coverage

INTERNET ACCESS IN Nevada

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Nevada Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

85.3%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

13.6%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

56.8

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

35th

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

93.0%

of Nevadana have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.

91.8%

of Nevadana have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

24.6%

of Nevadana have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

96.8%

of Nevadana have access to wireline service.

26.0%

of Nevadana have access to fiber-optic service.

92.3%

of Nevadana have access to cable service.

93.1%

of Nevadana have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In Nevada

CenturyLink vs Cox

AT&T Internet vs Spectrum

Spectrum vs Frontier

Coverage by County in Nevada

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Churchill	91.0%
Clark	97.5%
Douglas	93.8%
Elko	9.1%
Esmeralda	0.0%
Eureka	0.0%
Humboldt	1.1%
Lander	0.0%
Lincoln	83.6%
Lyon	74.5%
Mineral	70.9%
Nye	45.7%
Pershing	0.0%
Storey	47.9%
Washoe	98.7%
White Pine	0.0%
Carson City	98.7%

Top 5 Fastest cities in Nevada

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Searchlight	144.2 MBPS	6 Providers
2.	Crystal Bay	90.8 MBPS	11 Providers
3.	Sparks	82.8 MBPS	26 Providers
4.	Lund	80.1 MBPS	8 Providers
5.	Henderson	68.3 MBPS	22 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Nevada

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Cox Communications	65.4 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	64.5 MBPS
CenturyLink	37.9 MBPS
Sky Fiber	15.4 MBPS
Rise Broadband	10.1 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Connect Nevada has been awarded $3,993,441 in federal grants for Nevada's Broadband Initiative.
Another $26,713,723, accounting for 0.8% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Nevada.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 92.3% to 96.3% of Nevadana.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 133 internet providers in Nevada.
There are 193,000 people in Nevada without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 148,000 people in Nevada that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 95,000 people in Nevada don't have any wired internet providers available where they live.

Sources: Data collected via the FCC, NTIA, and other sources. For a full list of data sources please visit our data page.

Nevada CITIES


Battle Mountain	0.0%	10 providers
Boulder City	96.9%	12 providers
Carson City	98.7%	23 providers
Dayton	96.8%	12 providers
Elko	0.2%	11 providers
Ely	0.0%	10 providers
Fallon	91.4%	10 providers
Fernley	99.2%	16 providers
Gardnerville	95.1%	18 providers
Hawthorne	89.2%	11 providers
Henderson	98.5%	22 providers
Incline Village	99.9%	13 providers
Las Vegas	97.5%	30 providers
Laughlin	98.8%	11 providers
Lovelock	0.0%	11 providers
Mesquite	94.0%	9 providers
Minden	98.3%	14 providers
North Las Vegas	98.9%	25 providers
Pahrump	52.8%	13 providers
Reno	98.5%	28 providers
Silver Springs	60.8%	11 providers
Sparks	99.4%	26 providers
Spring Creek	0.2%	10 providers
Sun Valley	99.9%	17 providers
Washoe Valley	83.8%	16 providers
West Wendover	95.8%	10 providers
Winnemucca	0.0%	9 providers
Yerington	0.0%	12 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

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